I would love to see the money that is given out over the next 20 years create jobs, lead to better infrastructure, and just more prosperity.

My home State, I represent Colorado in the U.S. Congress. As you all know, and I believe it has come up once or twice here, that Colorado has been a leader in this regard with respect to right to repair.

Mr. Chair, I rise in opposition to this amendment. Mr. Chair, I agree with my colleagues and share the chairman's concerns about the safety risks with this amendment. I recognize that some of my colleagues believe we don't need the B83 and…

Mr. Chair, I would say that allowing these books in our DoDEA schools is what is harmful. Saying that I am characterizing this as pornography, no, I am saying exactly what it is. As a mom, I am not allowed to show my children…

Mr. Chair, I rise in favor of my amendment, which prohibits Department of Defense Education Activity schools from purchasing and having pornographic and radical gender ideology books in their libraries. The Department of Defense Education…

Mr. Chairman, I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of subtitle F of title VI, add the following new section: SEC. 6__. PROHIBITION ON…

Mr. Chair, I fully support Ukraine in its existential fight for freedom and democracy. I have also spent years in this Chamber addressing the issue of civilian casualties. In fact, I am one of the founding co-chairs of the Protection of…

Mr. Chairman, I do a lot of good work with my friend from California, and we have agreed before, but I have to vehemently disagree with him on this particular amendment. It is framed as an Afghanistan oversight amendment, an issue that is…

Madam Chair, I rise today in opposition to this extreme and misguided amendment. In Iraq and Afghanistan, I fought alongside servicemembers from every race, gender, and political affiliation, and we had each other's backs. We still do. So…

My friend from California, I will always accept an offer to meet with our families of the fallen. I served in Afghanistan, as you know, and some of my friends and people that I served with made the ultimate sacrifice, but this is not the…

Mr. Chair, I also rise in strong opposition to this amendment. The chairman is right. Now is not the time to open the door to cutting the ICBM fleet. China's ICBM forces are rapidly expanding, and Russia's nuclear forces, the largest in…

I thank the Chair.

It is certainly nice to see you again, Mr. Laymon, and I am glad you could join us again in the Committee.

As Congressman Veasey and I have written, our hope is that this monument will stand as a testament to those who fought to safeguard the freedom and democracy.

Do you know how much it costs to buy Congress? Well, big tech does.

I believe we are supposed to be legislators, and this was the first thing that I did.

This is the time to re-emphasize the most admirable traits of our nation and establish concrete reminders of those who wholly embody those traits.

So, China has clearly--it has paced--it is a pacing threat. Would you agree with that?